The Great Dalaran Heist

The Dalaran Heist is a single-player game mode added with the Rise of Shadows expansion. The mode released on May 16, 2019, 5 weeks after the expansion's launch.

The Dalaran Heist uses a format like the previous single-player campaigns, but with some elements from Adventures as well. The game mode includes five chapters containing eight bosses. Each chapter of the adventure, with the exception of the first one, must be purchased before they can be played.

Reaching the fifth boss of a chapter gives the player 3 Rise of Shadowscard packs and completing all five wings grants a Golden Classic pack. You also get a card back for completing all five wings on both normal and Heroic difficulties.

When selecting a hero, the player can choose a Hero Power and starting deck for the hero. New Hero Powers are unlocked by fulfilling certain conditions between games, and additional starting decks are unlocked by defeating a specified number of bosses.

The player starts with 10 Health, and gains an additional 5 Health per defeated boss, up to 45 Health for the eighth, and final boss.

The player always goes first. The enemy also does not get The Coin. On round 6, the boss starts with 1 mana crystal, on round 7 the boss starts with 2 mana crystals, and on round 8 the boss starts with 3.

After each round, the player is offered three bundles of three cards each. (listed below) The player can only select one of these three bundles. This allows the player to increase their deck size in tandem with the boss' decks increasing in size.

Each chapter starts with a Twist, adding a special condition to every battle. In Anomaly Mode, a random Twist will be used.

After rounds 1 and 5, the player receives a Passive buff, selected from one of three random passive buffs from the pool of Passives. (listed below)

These passives give a permanent effect to the player for the rest of the run. These are applied at the start of the match, meaning some buffs that affect cards will not affect cards added to your hand or deck later in the game.

After rounds 3 and 7, the player receives a Treasure card, selected from one of three random cards from the pool of Treasure cards. (listed below) These are very powerful cards, and often have low mana costs.

Between rounds 3-4 and 5-6, the player will enter a Friendly Encounter. During this section, the player can spend "gold" to modify their deck in various ways offered, such as adding or removing minions from your deck or giving them a permanent buff.

Each chapter of the adventure has a unique Twist that affects the game.

Coin-Filled Coffers: (Chapter 1) The enemy always starts with a 0/3 Cache of Coins in play. When destroyed, two Coins will be added to both players' hands.

Imprisoned Minions: (Chapter 2) Each player always starts with a Violet Cell in play. The cells are dormant, and they each contain a random minion. The cell will be replaced with the aforementioned minion after a number of turns equal to the minion's mana cost. The minion cannot attack on the turn it is summoned unless it has Rush or Charge.

Crowded Streets: (Chapter 3) Each player always starts with three random Carts in play, they can either be a Desset Cart, a Fish Cart, a Meat Cart, or a Fruit Cart. They are dormant and cannot be removed. Their primary purpose is to take up space on the board so that both players can only have up to four minions in play at any time.

Swapped Attack and Health: (Chapter 4) The Health and Attack of all minions are swapped.

Four Additional Encounters: (Chapter 5) There are four additional bosses in the fifth chapter, for a total of twelve bosses. The last four bosses are likely to be encounters with members of the Kirin Tor.

Anomaly Mode is unlocked when you have all five chapters of the Great Dalaran Heist unlocked. It can be activated by clicking the button above the "Start" button before each chapter. Anomaly Mode adds an additional Twist to the selected chapter. The Twist is rolled before chapter selection and can be seen when selecting it.

Between rounds 3 and 4 and rounds 5 and 6, the player will enter a Friendly Encounter with Bartender Bob. During a Friendly Encounter, 4 of your minions in your deck will be placed on your side of the board, and 4 random minions will be placed on Bob's side of the board. The player will receive 3-5 cards that can modify their Adventure Deck, such as adding or removing minions on the board or permanently buffing a specific card. The player has 2 "Gold" (mana) to spend, and each card has a cost of 0 or 1.

After each win, the player gets to choose three cards to add to their deck. The three cards chosen belong to the same bundle, being selected from it randomly; the player then chooses one selection of three cards from three options. Each selection may contain multiple copies of the same card.

The Dalaran Heist launched on May 16, 2019.[1] It consists of five chapters, with the first two chapters unlocked on release day, and the rest of the chapters being unlocked every seven days over the following weeks. The first chapter is free to play. Additional chapters cost 700 gold or $6.99 USD each, or players can unlock the entire adventure for $19.99 USD.[2]

Stat buffs added to echo minions during a friendly encounter will persist to their copies after they are played, unlike traditional handbuffs which only apply the buff to the first instance of the echo minion.

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